eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 204
The enthronement of the emperors in ancient times was nothing to watch, because usually the first emperor had just left at this time, and the successor emperor would show his filial piety and would not organize his own enthronement ceremony with great fanfare. Do not do'.

At this time, the cabinet has to support all affairs, and the most important thing among them is to determine the status.

Zhu Houzhao's body was limp, and Liu Jian didn't care about so much, so he ordered the left and right to help him to sit on the dragon chair where Emperor Hongzhi usually sat, and flirted with each other.

"Weichen see the emperor!"

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao still did not move, Liu Jian said again: "A month ago, Empress Xiaosuzhen passed away, and now the emperor is in control of Bintian, and it is less than a month before and after. I know that your majesty is very sad, but at this time people's hearts are fluctuating. The country cannot be like having no king, Your Majesty should put state affairs first and try to become the throne. Only when this title is determined, Sifang Xiaoxiao will not dare to take risks."

Zhu Houzhao sniffed, "Mr. Liu Ge listens to the order."

"Wei Chen accepts the order."

"The most important thing now is the late emperor's funeral. I order you to lead the cabinet, and together with the chief officials of the six ministries and nine ministers, form a temporary special funeral team to be responsible for the late emperor's funeral."

It was the first time they had heard of what the special funeral class was, but the new emperor was in grief, and it was the first time he had issued an order. In any case, different opinions could not be discussed at this time.

"The minister obeys the order."

"Xiao Jing." Zhu Houzhao called the old eunuch again.

"The servant is here."

"You are still guarding the late emperor's mourning hall, and pay attention to restraining the eunuchs and court ladies. No one is allowed to harass the father at this time! Otherwise, he will be executed without mercy!"

"Zhang Yong!"

"The servant is here!" This guy has been following them.

"I ordered you to lead Tengxiang Left Guard, Habayashi Left Guard, and Right Guard to maintain law and order in Beijing, to ensure the stability of all parties under the emperor's feet during the national mourning period. If there is any Xiao Xiao who commits a crime at this time, he will be arrested immediately and charged with disrespecting the emperor. Talk about chopping!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Houzhao stood up from his seat, "What Liu Ge said just now is right, the imperial court has lost the first empress dowager and the first emperor successively within a month, and under the repeated adversity, there may be some people with malicious intentions, I thought there was no one in the court at the moment! Now I want to tell them, the Forbidden City, the Zhu family, and Zhen!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

During the conversation, the other chief officials of the Six Departments and Nine Ministers also arrived. After all, the Six Departments were built on the edge of the imperial city.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing." Liu Jian said: "Anyway, the chief officials of the various ministries are here, should the ministers first agree on the temple name of the late emperor and the year name of His Majesty?"

It is also a very important matter to give the deceased emperor a temple name.

"My year name..." Zhu Houzhao stopped being polite to them, "just use the word 'Zhengde', "Book·Da Yumo": "Zhengde, Utilization, Prosperity, Weihe. "Kong Yingdashu: "Those who are upright in morality correct their own virtues, and those who are in the top position correct themselves to govern the people."I want to take the meaning of 'rectifying oneself to govern the people'. "

Generally speaking, this is drawn up by several senior scholars in the cabinet.But the new emperor himself determined the year name, and he couldn't say no.Besides, there is nothing wrong with the name.

There is nothing wrong with that, but Xie Qian reminded at this time, "Your Majesty, the reign title of Zhengde was used by Emperor Chongzong Li Ganshun of Xixia."

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, how did he know this?

Damn, this name was also drawn up by you guys in history.

"Can't I use it?"

"Of course it works."

"Of course, use it if you can. Next year it will be changed to the first year of Zhengde. Hurry up and propose a temple name for Emperor Daxing. I'm going to see my mother."

Empress Zhang,

Now he is Zhu Houzhao's only relative.

The replacement of the new and old emperors is a transfer of power and a change in the court situation in the eyes of men.Women are accessories in this era, even if it is a queen, her mood does not seem to be paid attention to.

When Zhu Houzhao saw her, the two were like each other's life-saving straws. They hugged each other without saying anything. They were obviously sad, but they wanted to comfort each other and pay attention to their bodies.

Empress Zhang now has only such a son left. She held her son's cheeks, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, "Zhao'er must be strong, and thousands of subjects in this world will point at you from now on. If there is any grievance, Just come to the queen mother, and the queen mother will listen to you."

Emperor Hongzhi was not in good health, but Empress Zhang was still in good health, and she would live for another few decades.

"How are you, queen mother?"

After asking such a question, Empress Zhang's tears also flowed down after rinsing, she wiped her nose with her hand and said, "The queen mother has nothing else, I just miss your father..."

Zhu Houzhao was in a trance. He still remembered that in the Kunning Palace, Emperor Hongzhi was sitting here laughing with them.

Shaking his head, he shook off these emotions, and embraced Queen Zhang again, "I will serve the Queen Mother from now on."

"Emperor, back then Yanling and Heling each had a daughter, and the queen mother wanted to take them into the palace."

"Okay, my son will let Chen Rong, the supervisor of ceremonies, handle this matter."

……

At this time, Zhu Houzhao didn't have much time to talk about his warmth here, and there were too many people looking for him, even the Shangyi Supervisor.Because the new emperor and the old emperor have different bodies, the dragon robes they wear are naturally different.And this thing can't be customized in advance.

So now it is necessary for Zhu Houzhao to spare some time and measure his body.

Plus, having to move...

But Zhu Houzhao felt that he couldn't sleep in another place, so he ordered not to do it for the time being.

Fengtian Temple.

The cabinet and the six ministries and nine ministers finally negotiated. The temple name of Emperor Daxing was Xiaozong, and his posthumous title was Jian Tianming, Daocheng, Zhongzheng, Sage, Wen, Shenwu, Zhiren, Dade, and Jingdi.

Emperor Si had no objection to this, and it was approved and implemented.

In addition, it is generally necessary to pardon the prisoner at this time, so that the people of the world can feel the kindness of the new emperor. Zhu Houzhao has no idea about this kind of routine operation.

After such a busy trip, the sun has already set.

When it was time for dinner in the evening, Zhu Houzhao noticed that Liu Jin, who was serving beside him, was out of breath but full of energy. He didn't dare to laugh anymore, but his energy was obviously stronger than usual.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, the foreign ministers are not obvious, but the internal ministers are too obvious.

Xiao Jing, who used to be a celebrity around the emperor, can only stay in the mourning hall and can't get out.

"Liu Jin."

"The servant is here."

"From today onwards, you go to the Supervisor of Rituals to get an errand. Let's start with the eunuch Bingbi. The rules of the East Palace in the past are the rules of the Harem Palace."

Liu Jin thought about this sentence day and night, and when he really heard it, he felt that his entire portrait was thrown into the sky, and then fell down for no reason. He gasped, and thanked him tremblingly, "I thank the emperor for his grace!"

"Don't call me the emperor in the future, I don't like to hear it. Call me the emperor."

"Yes! This servant kowtows to thank the emperor for his grace!"

"Emperor Daxing's coffin is still there. Don't make any noise in the palace. It's the time of national mourning."

Liu Jin nodded, "What the emperor asks the servant to do, the servant will do."

"Are you really so obedient?" Zhu Houzhao leaned down and said in a low voice, "Today is a special time. I'm afraid you will forget what I told you before. I will tell you again."

"Slaves bow to the hadith."

Speaking of which, he is also 50 years old, and he has been cautious for half his life, and he is about to make it through, and he doesn't know what to do.Zhu Houzhao also wants to remind.

"I am only 15 years old in the new year. I am still a child in a folk family. Even the Zhongju people think it is too young. But don't treat me as a child. Don't hide the big things from me. The crime is always a lesser crime. No matter how small If you keep it from me, the Da Luo Immortal will not be able to save you."

Liu Jin shuddered, "I understand. Even if I have the guts, I will not dare to lie to the emperor."

"You're smart, and you won't offend me easily. This is your skill. If you can do things honestly and honestly, I will guarantee you a long and prosperous life in the palace. Also, this year's Qingming Festival, remember to burn some for Wei Bin Paper money, this is his first year."

Emperor Si's words were like a basin of water poured on his head,

These people, who were oppressed in the past, only thought that one day they would oppress others.

But they serve such a master.

In the next few days, all the early dynasties were cancelled, and Zhu Houzhao would lead all civil and military officials to pay homage to the late emperor until the coffin of Emperor Hongzhi was sent to Tailing.

Ten days later, the successor emperor held a grand enthronement ceremony and announced the change of Yuan Zhengde.The first is to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth and the ancestral temple, and then to accept the worship of civil and military officials in the Fengtian Hall wearing a uniform, with a jade seal in the palm of your hand, and sitting on the dragon chair.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty ushered in its new emperor.

Because of the two funerals, it is now February, but Hongzhi's 18 years of government affairs have not been done seriously.Zhu Houzhao couldn't stand such a mess, so he stood there in the hall.

Liu Jin immediately stepped forward, "The emperor has a decree!"

"Liu Daxia, Minister of the Ministry of War, Han Wen, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Min Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Jia, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Lin Han, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zeng Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the cabinet, Dali Temple listened to the order."

"The minister waits for the order!"

"Since the beginning of the first month, the imperial court has encountered two adverse incidents, and there have been many delays in the administration of government. From now on, the officials of all ministries will return to the government to carefully sort out the affairs of the ministries and deal with the accumulated affairs of this month. After seven days, I will listen to the reports one by one. "

"According to the order!"

The new emperor doesn't like the form of the early court, and prefers that the officials in charge of certain affairs report to him after the early court, and now the emperor has set up a servant room.

It's in Qianqing Palace.

In the past, Emperor Xiaozong used to live in the east, and Zhu Houzhao ordered him to live in the west. Anyway, the Qianqing Palace is 9 rooms wide and 5 rooms deep, and there are plenty of places.

On weekdays, it is still superfluous to summon officials to one room, one room to eat, and one room to sleep in.

The room for summoning officials is naturally the outermost one. After entering the Qianqing Palace and turning west, it is the attendant room. Many things in it have been removed. Now it is a large table and a small table, and further inside is the place where Zhu Houzhao summoned officials. , There is a small door in this place, turning inside and walking deep is the place to eat and sleep.

The new emperor also ordered that if there are too many officials who come to visit for government affairs, they must first go to the attendant's room to make a record and line up.

The emperor himself could tell from the above who he wanted to see today.This is something to talk about, fast in and fast out,

In the first ten days of February, the new emperor had not been enthroned for five days, and it was the busiest time. Suddenly, a group of fast horses entered the city and were sent directly to the imperial city. The man shouted:

"Northwest Army Daily!"

The eunuch didn't dare to delay, took the things and ran inside, yelling: "Northwest Army News!" ! !

At this time in the palace, the cabinet had just met the new emperor, and they didn't bother to go back when they heard the eunuch shouting so.

Li Dongyang was a little depressed even after being busy for days, "The former emperor just left the world, and now the situation is not stable, and the frontiers are fighting again. The state affairs... are so difficult..."

The faces of the three people are not easy, many people are still looking at how the current emperor will be the emperor, and now there is a military report as soon as he ascends the throne, once this is handled improperly, the consequences will be disastrous!

(End of this chapter)